Unit 091 - Soil Data for GIS
Table of Contents
Advanced Organizer
Topics Covered in this Unit
Learning Outcomes
Instructors' Notes
Metadata and Revision History
1. Overview of soil and soil classificaion
1.1. Definition of soil
1.2. Soil classification systems
2. Mapping soils and landscapes
2.1. Spatial nature of soil
2.2. Soil surveys
2.3. Scale and soil surveys
2.3.1 Generalized surveys
2.3.2.Reconnaissance surveys
2.3.3.Detailed soil surveys
2.3.4. Farm/field surveys
2.4. Soil associations (catenas)
2.5. Properties recorded in surveys
2.6. Coding of soil properties in GIS databases
2.7. Mapping of soil and landscape attributes
3. Applications of soils data
4. Summary
5. References
6. Exam and Discussion Questions
Evaluation
Citation